Fishing lure



Oct., 31, 1950 c. w. A RUE FISHING LURE Filed Feb. 9, 194e uvVENToR. Clan deWLRue action takes place.

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l2,521,743 f FISHING LURE ClaudedW. La Rue, (Chicago, Ill. Application February 9, 1946, Serial No. 646,524

Myiinvention relates to fishing lures and is of the spoon'var'iety.-

lAn imprtantobject of my invention is to Vprovide a fishing lure, which will be subjected to a wobbling action about its longitudinal axis, and awiggling action taking place simultaneously with the said wobbling action; the said lure being provided withmeans to provide the Wiggling ,actiomand means to provide simultaneously the `'said wobbling action, the wiggling action occuring in a horizontal plane, whereas the wobbling actions occuraxially longitudinally with respect to the said horizontal plane in which the wiggling 1 The conventional lure vutilizes split rings to fasten the hooks, consequently the lure would not possess a Vwobbling action because of the stabilizing eiect of thebalance afforded bythe hooks. Moreover, the hooks would tangle-in casting operations doubling over on the ring resulting in fouling the lure because the fish would not and could not be hooked on tangled hooks. Hence a prime object of my invention is to provide an efficient weedless shing lure which will Yhook strikes, whereas other lures, especially those equipped with hooks on each side of the rear portion thereof, would foul and tangle; my lure being capable of a wobblingaction in defiance of the stabilizing effects of twin hooks which will not tangle with each other nor with their respective mountings.

Another object of my invention is to provide in a shing lure, dual hook mounting means aiording the hooks complete arcuate longitudinal action and limited transverse action so as to prevent tangling of the hooks.

Another object of my invention is to provide a substantially central body hump or bent portion substantially in the central portion of the body of the said iishing lure, which will subject the lure, when retrieved through the water, to a wobbling action.

A still further obj ect of my invention is to provide an angularly slotted portion at the tail end of the lure, which will subject the same to a wiggling action in the horizontal plane of movement.

Another object of my invention is to provide a practically constructed lure, which provides considerable animation when retrieved, and which is so simply constructed as to warrant economical manufacture thereof in quantity production.

Other features, and ancillary objects inherent in my invention will become readily apparent from an examinationof the accompanying drawings, having particular reference to thev ensuing description, iwherein like symbolsjare used Vt0 designate like parts, and in which;

' f Fig. 1 represents a topy plan view of my invention. y

Fig.,2 is a side view thereof., Fig. 3 is a rearward endyiewvthereof withthe hooks removed.

Figs. 4 and 5 represent the approximate limitation of the wobbling action produced vvhen'my lure is retrieved through the water. y

Fig. 6 is an enlarged showing of the method of mounting the hook at the tail vend of my shing lure, and; l Fig. 7 is a sectional .eviewof Figure 6, online 1 1.

Referringto the variousv views,lmy.i nvention vis, generally, vdesignated 8, and consistsoflan upper arcuately-shaped head portion ,21, and lower leg portions 9 which are separatedby means of the angularly cut notch portion 26. Each leg 9 is recessed as indicated at I0, resulting in stop lugs I5, and has suitable eye mountings II, their ends I2 being secured, Within a suitable recess after being bent over as indicated at I3, by spot-welding I4, or other suitable means furnishing a rm assemblage.

The said eye II, provides a support on which are articulately mounted the eyes I6 or I'I of the hook elements I8 and I9, respectively, the eyes I6 or I'I being mounted on the said eyes I I.

The hooks may be provided with weedless safety guards 2| to prevent weeds from accumulating on the lure or on the hooks I8 and I9 respectively. By virtue of this mounting, the hooks, I8 and I9 are afforded a transversemovement in a horizontal plane of limited magnitude, so that the said hooks I8 and I9 will not become entangled, at the same time the hooks are aiorded a perpendicular movement to the horizontal plane, of rather wide scope as indicated in Figure 2.

The hooks may carry various forms of dressing, such as,` animals hair dressing, or bucktail 20 as indicated in Figures 1 and 2, or as indicated in Figure 6, the dressing may be a rubber streamer 2B.

The action of the lure when it is retrieved in the water subsequently to having been cast, working in the direction of the arrows indicated in Figures l and 2, will lbe subjected to the alternate wobbling action indicated by the angu- Vlarly positioned limitations of Figures 4 and 5,

simultaneously therewith, the lure, by-virtue of the angularly notched portion 26, will be sube.

jected to wiggling in a horizontal plane indicated by the dotted positions of Figure l.

The hooks 20 will also be subjected to action in the plane of the wiggling action as indicated by the dotted line in Figure 1, and will have freedom of action in a plane perpendicular to the horizontal plane as indicated by the dotted lines of Figure 2, the slowness or rapidity of retrieve affecting the action, for example, if the retrieve-is rapidthez-wobbling and'wiggling action Will be more rapid than when the retrieve is slowed up.

The action of the lure can be modied by varying the bent or hump portion 22 so as ftoiincrease the wobbling action, or decrease it, and by varying the depth oi the notched portion V26, the wiggling action may besmodied tending to increase or decrease the same. Likewise, Various modifications with respect to the action fof the lure may be made by the dressing 20 applied thereto, 4a :heavier dressing :tas indicated at Y:2'1 ,-Where the'rubber fstreamers 'aresused ,will aiect, a or rmodify, :the -lwobbling iand /wiggling actions-,of

fangular relationtothefheadportion 21, and to some extent that would also have some effect on *the `wobbling andwigglingfactions.

' 1'1`h`effshinglinen-attaches to the lure bodyby virtue of a hole 25 'in the head'portion thereof,

:the lsaid: `portion 'at-the lextreme tip being slightly '-bent as indicated at' 23 to"4 forma nose to agitate the water during retrieve through the water,l and toi some' extent Aaiding Y' thawigg'lingV and wbbling action heretofore mentioned.

"iklthoug-h; I have herein -describedfrather succinctly, the 4nature and operation Aof Vnfiyr-i'slfiing flure, and inasmuch-as the same issusceptibleof 4 various modications and improvements, I hereby reserve the right to all such modifications and improvements coming within the scope and spirit of my invention, as well as those embraced impliably or suggestively in the accompanying drawings, and also all those that may fall Within the purview of the foregoing description,

Having thus described and revealed my invention, what I claim as novel, and desire to seicure' by Letters Patentis:

Alfishing lure of the-character described comprising a, body having a front nose portion, a, substantially central and laterally oiset hump por- -tionand a notched tail portion resolved into two leg portions in torsionally twisted relationship ftothessaid nose portion, each of the said leg portions lbeing provided with a recessl the walls of the said recesses providing stop means, eye means secured .above the roots of the said recesses and overlapping the same, and hooks articulately ,-mountedfcn the said Veye meansthesaid hooks being capable of longitudinaland limitedlhorizontal -movements by virtue of `the 4said stop -means'acting -as abutments tothe lateralmove- Y,ments thereof.y

REFERENCES CITED The following Yreferences are ,O f ,record inlthe Vile Vof this patent: y

:UNITED STATES PATENfrs Number Name Date u 1,317,890 Patton -'ct.''7,-1919 v1,425,951 Eggleston 15,1922

1,738,617 Scharrer iDec. 10,' 1929 1,851,529 Stapf Mar,"2 9,11-932 1,866,465 *Harrington* et al. July 5,1932 '1,997,802 ,Meyer Apr. 1"6, 1-935 

